Rig Veda (translation and commentary)

by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382

The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...

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Rig Veda 8.45.16

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒म उ॑ त्वा॒ वि च॑क्षते॒ सखा॑य इन्द्र सो॒मिन॑: । पु॒ष्टाव॑न्तो॒ यथा॑ प॒शुम् ॥
इम उ त्वा वि चक्षते सखाय इन्द्र सोमिनः । पुष्टावन्तो यथा पशुम् ॥
ima u tvā vi cakṣate sakhāya indra sominaḥ | puṣṭāvanto yathā paśum ||

English translation:

“These friends, effusing the Soma, look on you, Indra, as men with their fodder ready (look) on theircattle.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): triśokaḥ kāṇvaḥ [triśoka kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मे । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्वा॒ । वि । च॒क्ष॒ते॒ । सखा॑यः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सो॒मिनः॑ । पु॒ष्टऽव॑न्तः । यथा॑ । प॒शुम् ॥
इमे । ऊँ इति । त्वा । वि । चक्षते । सखायः । इन्द्र । सोमिनः । पुष्टवन्तः । यथा । पशुम् ॥
ime | oṃ iti | tvā | vi | cakṣate | sakhāyaḥ | indra | sominaḥ | puṣṭa-vantaḥ | yathā | paśum

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.45.16 English analysis of grammar]

ima < ime < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

cakṣate < cakṣ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“watch; look.”

sakhāya < sakhāyaḥ < sakhi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

sominaḥ < somin

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

puṣṭāvanto < puṣṭāvantaḥ < puṣṭāvat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

paśum < paśu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“domestic animal; sacrificial animal; animal; cattle; Paśu; stupid; Paśu; herd; goat.”

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